United Rock Nations conducted an interview with KAMELOT keyboardist Oliver Palotai on September 17 in Paris, France. You can now watch the chat below. Asked if he is happy with the response to KAMELOT's latest album, "Haven", Oliver said: "It's like anything: when the work is done, I've written songs and produced the album for ...
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Finnish symphonic metallers AMBERIAN DAWN will release their new album, "Innuendo", on October 23 via Napalm. The follow-up to 2014's "Magic Forest" was produced by composer Tuomas Seppälä, who also plays keyboards and guitar, and Mikko P. Mustonen, known for his work with DELAIN, ENSIFERUM and SONATA ARCTICA. The CD will be mastered by Svante ...
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Napalm Records has announced the signing of PHANTASMA, the new symphonic rock musical of Charlotte Wessels (DELAIN), Georg Neuhauser (SERENITY) and Oliver Philipps (EVERON). PHANTASMA was born from the longstanding ambition to create a story-driven concept record of Georg Neuhauser, vocal force behind Tyrolean symphonic metal outfit SERENITY. He found his partner in crime with ...
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"Liar Liar (Wasteland Monarchy)", the new video from American/German/Swedish symphonic metallers KAMELOT, can be seen below. The clip, which features a guest appearance by Alissa White-Gluz (ARCH ENEMY, ex-THE AGONIST), takes off where KAMELOT's "Insomnia" video ends and takes the listener into the outside environment of this dystopian world, where the citizen is zero and ...
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Ulterium Records has announced the signing of the all-star progressive metal band WAKEN EYES. The group's debut album, "Exodus", will be released on October 30 in Europe and North America. According to a press release, "Exodus" is "a very impressive and diverse album that will surely appeal to fans of progressive metal, progressive rock and ...
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The premiere of the documentary film "Soaring Highs And Brutal Lows: The Voices Of Women In Metal" will take place on October 15 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands at the Zien Bioscoop. The screening will be followed by an acoustic set by STREAM OF PASSION, with special guest Anneke Van Giersbergen (ex-THE GATHERING). Produced and directed ...
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Metal-Impact.com recently conducted an interview with KAMELOT singer Tommy Karevik in Paris, France. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about the lyrical concept of KAMELOT's new album, "Haven", Karevik said: "It's not the same kind of thing like [2012's] 'Silverthorn' was; it's not like a chronological thing, from A to B, ...
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Finland-based symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH will release a strictly limited (no re-prints!), special tour edition of their current album, "Endless Forms Most Beautiful", on October 30 via Nuclear Blast. The set comes with a bonus DVD containing all 21 making-of episode for the CD as well as two new, unreleased performance clips for "Yours Is An ...
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Finish symphonic metallers AMBERIAN DAWN will release their new album, "Innuendo", on October 23 via Napalm. The follow-up to 2014's "Magic Forest" is being produced by composer Tuomas Seppälä, who also plays keyboards and guitar, and Mikko P. Mustonen, known for his work with DELAIN, ENSIFERUM and SONATA ARCTICA. The CD will be mastered by ...
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Each episode of Digital Tour Bus's "Crazy Tour Stories" features a touring act giving you all the details about one or more wild things that have taken place while on the road. In the episode below, which was filmed on May 6 in Joliet, Illinois, KAMELOT bassist Sean Tibbetts recounts one of his crazy stories ...
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Finish symphonic metallers AMBERIAN DAWN will release their new album, "Innuendo", on October 23 via Napalm. The follow-up to 2014's "Magic Forest" is being produced by composer Tuomas Seppälä, who also plays keyboards and guitar, and Mikko P. Mustonen, known for his work with DELAIN, ENSIFERUM and SONATA ARCTICA. Commented Seppälä: "This is one of ...
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Each episode of Digital Tour Bus's "Bus Invaders" takes you inside the touring vehicle of one of today's top touring acts. In the latest episode, which was filmed on May 6 in Joliet, Illinois, KAMELOT bassist Sean Tibbets gives you a tour of his band's bus during the first leg of the "Haven" tour. KAMELOT ...
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The Age Of Metal conducted an interview with KAMELOT singer Tommy Karevik on May 16 in Tempe, Arizona. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how the writing process for 2015's "Haven" was different from the making of 2012's "Silverthorn": "Well, first of all, the first ...
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Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal band EPICA has been awarded the Buma ROCKS! Export Award. The Export Award is an annual award that is given out by Buma Cultuur to the Dutch artist which has had the most success abroad. Buma Cultuur was founded as The Conamus Foundation in 1962 with the aim of furthering the ...
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Epic Metal Fest, a brand new festival organized and curated by members of Dutch symphonic metal band EPICA, will take place on the November 22 at Klokgebouw in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Headlining this event, EPICA will be joined by ELUVEITIE, FEAR FACTORY (20th-anniversary "Demanufacture" show), MOONSPELL, DELAIN and PERIPHERY, with more bands to be announced. ...
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WSOU conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen before the band's April 9 concert at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Asked what it feels like to have influenced countless newer female-fronted symphonic metal bands, Tuomas responded: "Well, I don't really think ...
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"Haven", the new album from the new video from American/German/Swedish symphonic metallers KAMELOT, has registered the following first-week chart positions: #1: USA Top Hard Rock Albums* #3: USA Top Hard Music Albums #3: Sweden Rock / Metal #4: Canada Hard Music Charts #4: Finland Indie Chart #5: UK Rock & Metal Album #12: Finland* #14: ...
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Kaaos TV recently conducted an interview with KAMELOT founder and guitarist Thomas Youngblood in Helsinki, Finland. You can now watch the chat below. Asked if still pays attention to reviews of his band's music on various online magazines, Youngblood responded: "You have to kind of take each one with a grain of salt. ...
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Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Insomnia", the new video from American/German/Swedish symphonic metallers KAMELOT, can be seen below. The clip was filmed in Belgrade, Serbia with director Ivan Colic, who has previously worked with MOONSPELL, SOILWORK, HAMMERFALL, TYPE O NEGATIVE and SYMPHONY X. "Insomnia" is taken from KAMELOT's new album, "Haven", which sold around ...
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On March 19, Kati Rausch of Music Interview Corner conducted an interview with KAMELOT founder and guitarist Thomas Youngblood in Helsinki, Finland. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. Asked what the craziest thing was that he has ever done on tour, Thomas said: "We were going through Switzerland one year, and ...
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Finland-based symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have announced their 26-date headlining tour of North America for 2016, launching in Sayreville, New Jersey on February 19, hitting six Canadian cities plus Pittsburgh, Anaheim, and New Orleans, then closing out in Tampa, Florida on March 23. Opening for the tour will be Dutch symphonic metallers DELAIN. Checking in from ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of NIGHTWISH's May 8 concert in Orlando, Florida can be seen below. NIGHTWISH has just released a new single, the title track of the band's latest album, "Endless Forms Most Beautiful", as a limited-edition MCD, 10-inch vinyl and as a download. The track listing is as follows: 01. Endless Forms Most Beautiful ...
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Finland-based symphonic metal masters NIGHTWISH have just released a new single, the title track of the band's latest album, "Endless Forms Most Beautiful", as a limited-edition MCD, 10-inch vinyl and as a download. The track listing is as follows: 01. Endless Forms Most Beautiful (album version) 02. Sagan (instrumental; previously unreleased) 03. Endless Forms Most ...
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Taylor Phelps of Ghost Cult Magazine recently conducted an interview with KAMELOT guitarist and founder Thomas Youngblood. You can now watch the chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the new KAMELOT album, "Haven": "It's got the KAMELOT DNA that everyone expects but we have new elements; we have industrial elements in ...
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On March 17, Holland's FaceCulture conducted an interview with KAMELOT guitarist and founder Thomas Youngblood. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether singer Tommy Karevik felt more comfortable contributing to the songwriting process on this year's "Haven" album compared to how ...
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Daniel Fox of Metal Temple magazine recently conducted an interview with KAMELOT guitarist and founder Thomas Youngblood. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Asked what message he has for the people who haven't fully embraced KAMELOT's new singer, Tommy Karevik, following the departure of Roy Khan, Thomas said: "I ...
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Thomas Youngblood and the KAMELOT crew are back following a successful transition on the mike from Roy Khan to Tommy Karevik. It's already been two and a half years since KAMELOT's last effort, the majestic "Silverthorn", albeit the band has now released four albums within the past eight years, hitting hard with another ambitious power ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of KAMELOT performing three news songs — "Insomnia", "Veil Of Elysium" and "Revolution" — live on May 2 at the Metropolis in Montreal, Quebec, Canada can be seen below. All three tracks are taken from KAMELOT's new album, "Haven", which will be made available on May 5 in North America and May ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of NIGHTWISH's entire April 17 concert in Cleveland, Ohio can be seen below. NIGHTWISH is currently on the road in North America with special guests SABATON, a Swedish heavy metal band that gives us a history lesson in their songs on war and historical battles, and Dutch female-fronted metallers DELAIN. NIGHTWISH's new ...
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The seventeenth trailer for NIGHTWISH's new full-length album, "Endless Forms Most Beautiful", can be seen below. The clip features footage of the band talking about tour rehearsals, offering an insight into those exciting days before the trek kicked off in New York on April 9. "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" was made available on March 27 ...
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